Seagrass Coring - CMEA style


Seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) cores, 30cm diameter, were collected from Bear Cut, near Key Biscayne, to stock nine experimental mesocosms
 at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.  

coring1 a healthy,dense Thalassia bed, the donor site to be harvested.
coring2 the coring device used to obtain 30cm seagrass plugs with about 1ft of sediments.
coring3 Alex hard at work under the tropical Miami sun.
coring4 transfering core to plastic pot for transport.
coring5 happy seagrass cores awaiting their new home.
coring6 cores being loaded on to the R/V Red Drum for transport .
tanks mesocosm tanks awaiting the seagrass cores.


Other CMEA Facilities

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CMEA greenhouse - my private hell...

greenh2

microcosms used in my exp'ts

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